City Stockholm Financial News

17.07 / 09:29

Government Blockchain Technology Environment How blockchain technology is used to save the environment

In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain.

05.07 / 18:23

NATO 'Historic moment': Finland and Sweden move closer to NATO membership

Finland and Sweden are a step closer to joining the NATO military alliance.

14.06 / 13:11

CLIMATE CRISIS United Nations renewable energy UN Secretary-General says the climate crisis is placing half of humanity in 'the danger zone'

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, appears at the Austrian World Summit on Tuesday 14 June to deliver an important message about climate change.

10.06 / 17:23

proof-of-work Bitcoin Swedish central bankers snipe Bitcoin mining, cite rampant energy use

Another day, another environmental attack on proof-of-work (PoW) mining. A report shared by the Swedish central bank argued that energy-intensive Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency mining should be banned.

08.06 / 02:13

Digital Riksbank's Skingsley appointed head of BIS Innovation Hub

Established in 2019 to support exploratory work into new frontiers in financial technology, the BIS Innovation Hub has centres in Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Stockholm and Switzerland. Another two centres, in Frankfurt/Paris and Toronto, are set to open this year.The hub's projects focus on priority themes such as central bank digital currencies (CBDC), next-generation financial market infrastructures, supervisory and regulatory technology, open finance, cyber security and green finance.

17.05 / 21:19

LGBT NATO Why does Turkey want to block Finland and Sweden from NATO?

The Turkish government's assertion that they have issues agreeing to let Finland and Sweden join NATO has raised eyebrows in Helsinki and Stockholm in a week where the Nordic nations are submitting historic letters requesting NATO membership.

11.05 / 16:35

NATO Deal UK will defend Sweden if attacked, Boris Johnson promises after signing security assurance deal

Britain pledged to defend Sweden if the country came under attack, with Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Magdalena Andersson signing a security assurance deal outside Stockholm on Wednesday.

13.04 / 18:31

Finland to make NATO membership decision in 'weeks rather than months'

Finland will make a decision on whether to apply for NATO membership in "weeks rather than months", its prime minister has said.

04.04 / 14:19

NATO A slow burn: Ukraine war sees Sweden warm to NATO membership

For decades the conventional wisdom of security policy in the Nordic region held that out of the two countries still not NATO members, Sweden would be most likely to apply first, and then, Finland would follow along.

16.03 / 15:19

UPS Baring Deal EQT snaps up Baring Private Equity in $7.5bn deal

European buyout giant EQT AB struck a $7.5bn cash and stock deal to buy rival private-equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia, a big bet on the growth of Asia’s private markets.

05.03 / 00:41

Technology Kyiv Agency Former nuclear agency head: plant attack 'designed to hurt the population very badly'

Fears of a nuclear disaster were raised after a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia powerplant as it came under sustained attack by Russian forces.

22.01 / 21:15

Protest COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 vaccine passport protests in Europe draw thousands of people

Thousands of people gathered in European capitals Saturday to protest vaccine passports and other requirements governments have imposed in hopes of ending the coronavirus pandemic.

07.12 / 12:55

business Ethereum NASDAQ Bitcoin Nasdaq Stockholm lists Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes

Nasdaq Stockholm has announced that 21Shares has listed their first two physically backed exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on the Swedish trading platform.

03.12 / 01:57

Health Science US 'will respond' if Russia 'acts recklessly' against Ukraine, Blinken tells Lavrov

The United States issued a strong warning to Russia on Thursday, calling for it to stay away from Ukraine.

26.11 / 16:43

COST UPS $46 billion fintech Klarna sees losses quadruple amid surging demand for buy now, pay later

LONDON — Swedish fintech start-up Klarna saw its losses balloon in the first nine months of 2021, as costs increased sharply amid rising demand for buy now, pay later services.

09.11 / 21:35

Climate change European Parliament NOT Netflix has ‘solved’ the Olof Palme murder. Not everyone in Sweden is convinced.

On 28 February 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was gunned down in the street outside a cinema in Stockholm after taking in a movie with his wife and son.

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